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NEWS ROUND-UP
Compiled by Defacto
-The Amiga 1200 is being re-released at 400 pounds (UK) with a bundle
called the `Amiga Magic`, it will come more productivity software then
before and 2 games.
-The Amiga 4000T/060 will be available in November and come with Scala
MM300 installed on its 1.2gig SCSI-II hardrive. It comes with 6megs as
standard. Uk price roughly 2500 pounds!.
-Softwood have released FINAL WRITER 4. This is another product from the
company who bring you the final range of productivity software. This
time you 2.5megs free and a harddrive to use it. It promises to rival
MicroSoft Word.
-Virtual products, released there I-glasses for the Amiga, which are
virtual reality glasses, but the amiga versions will be the `Video` only
version and have no motion detectors!, so there only good as sort of
close up monitors, not proper VR!, The PC version has proper VR, why
doesn't the Amiga version?, who knows.
-Visage computers they will be distributing the new Apollo accelerator
range of products, including the 040 card for the A1200 clocked at 33mhz
and with a SCSI-II transfer rate of 3.5megs/s.
-AMiGA Technologies have/are releasing a Amiga only monitor that can sync
to all the Amigas screen modes, it is basically a microvitec 1438 monitor
with internal speakers and the new AMiGA logo on it.
-The Panasonic `PD` drive is now available in the UK, this machine is a
CD-ROM and 650Mb optical storage device, expect to pay about 600-650
pounds.
-The Power Computing SuperXL 3.5inch drive is now back on sale, it allows
you to store 3.5meg on normal HD floppy Disks, 129.95 from Power
Computing.
-CitaDel, a new doom clone is due for release soon, it even works on ECS
machines!, ie a500+/A3000 etc.
-Cinema 4D the new 3D rendering package is due for release soon from
Hi-Soft.
-Escom are now selling 540meg HardDrives for 116 Uk pounds, including VAT
these drives are seagates with 12ms access times, they are also selling
72pin simm modules, 4meg will cost you 116 pounds as well.
-Future Publishing were at Live95 showing two new A1200`s, but were
they?, reports indicate they were old A1200`S with New logos on em!.
Unconfirmed of course!.
-Visage computers are now stocking the New Decathalon Seagate HardDrives
these 3.5inch HardDrives are 3/4inch high so they fit easier in your
A1200
-Real 3D V3 is now out, there are many new features such as 2/10 faster
B-spline rendering, Lens Flares, Glow etc contact Jim Hendry on his BBS
Activa International for more details.
-Mobile Phones are now selling for ridiculous prices some for even a
pound!, watch out though, there are hidden extras such as line connection
and rental and call charges!.
-PCMCOM.device is available now so you can use those flash PCMCIA modems
in your A1200/600 that allows bbs owners to have to lines coming in to
there machines, if the card port is not taken up.
-Rumours are flying high that AMiGA technolgies have subcontracted all
hardware devlopment to a company known as `ICE`, they will be responsible
for all future devlopment of hardware for the AMiGA.
-Also Rumours are abound that in the new year the A1200 will be uprgraded
to 030 at 33mhz and will have 4meg ram as standard, the price is expected
to be about 400 pounds. The reason the current A1200`s haven't been
modified is that they wouldn't have been ready for Christmas this year.
-Windoze 95 is supposed to have some routines that delete all your
compuserve files of the HardDrive, so that you cant logon to Compuserve
using Windoze95, even after you remove it!. Alledgedlly!.
All information compiled from various sources, if you`d like to include
any information then send us in your news, announcement anything you
like.
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